I'm up for retraining, so long as someone can assure me these things develop strong emotional attachments that overrule all fiscal prudency in their owners, and they malfunction frequently and expensively, preferably DURING working hours.

I just saw what I would like for a my next pet in the newspaper. A liger, which is a lion/tiger mix. At 900 lbs., he is bigger than the weights of both his parents combined. This one seemed very sweet, but, I imagine could get cross is the 50 lbs. of meat wasn't served briskly.